Quick Fact: Beck again distorts Wallis' remarks on "redistribution of wealth" to attack him as a "Marxist"

From the April 6 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:

BECK: Now that we've discussed his radical Marxist communist parents, his communist mentor, where's his communist mentor? His Marxist professors, his Marxist pastor, along with the takeover of the auto industry, the banking industry, the healthcare system, insurance, student loans, now we have no doubt come to the end of the case for why Barack Obama might be considered a socialist. Right? No, no. We've introduced you on the program to his new spiritual advisor. You gotta love this guy. New spiritual advisor is Jim Wallis. Jim Wallis, who like his last spiritual advisor, Jeremiah Wright, is a Marxist. Now, he is not going to call himself a communist anymore. No, no, no. He's very, very clever. He is advising the president of the United States, but listen to his words:

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MAUREEN FIELDER (host): Are you then calling for redistribution of wealth in society?

WALLIS: Absolutely. Without any hesitation. That's what the gospel is about.

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BECK: He goes on to talk about the forced redistribution of wealth. Because when you just give, it's just not enough.

Fact: Wallis actually discussed how individuals have "transformed" their lives to focus on charity

Wallis highlights people "changing their lifestyle and their priorities" and a "redistribution of wealth" through Bill and Melinda Gates' philanthropy. In the portion of the interview selectively clipped by Beck, Wallis did not discuss the "forced redistribution of wealth." Responding to Fielder's question, "Are you then calling for the redistribution of wealth in society?" Wallis stated, "Absolutely. Without any hesitation. That's what the Gospel is all about," and explained, "It's about the rich moving into solidarity and a relationship with people who have been left out and left behind." Wallis added, "I see it all the time where people from middle-class backgrounds are having their lives transformed by their encounter with the poor in their neighborhoods or across the world and changing their lifestyle and their priorities because of that."

From Wallis' interview on Interfaith Voices with Fiedler:

FIEDLER: So are some church congregations literally too affluent, do you think?

WALLIS: I think an affluent church in a world where half of God's children live on less than $2 a day is an affront to the Gospel. The Bible doesn't mind prosperity as long as it is shared. But what the Bible doesn't like is these tremendous gaps and chasms between the top and the bottom.

FIEDLER: Are you then calling for the redistribution of wealth in society?

WALLIS: Absolutely. Without any hesitation. That's what the Gospel is all about. It's about the rich moving into solidarity and a relationship with people who have been left out and left behind. The whole early church was those who were wealthy and those who were poor finding a new community. So, I see it all the time where people from middle-class backgrounds are having their lives transformed by their encounter with the poor in their neighborhoods or across the world and changing their lifestyle and their priorities because of that.

Fact: Wallis later used the philanthropy of Bill and Melinda Gates as an example of "a redistribution of wealth"

From Wallis' interview:

WALLIS: I have a family, I have kids. I want them to be secure. I want them to have enough. And I want them to have all the good things of life. One of the things is a generous spirit. One of the things is to be in a relationship to people who have been left out. It changes us in all kinds of ways. On that cover of Time magazine also were Bill and Melinda Gates, who have made all this money and now are giving it away in very smart, strategic ways about world health and global poverty. So, Bill Gates has decided that he doesn't just want to give all his money to his children. For him, the good life now, for he and his wife, means being a part of a process of changing things in the world. So they're doing a redistribution of wealth.